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Recognised as Colour

#48ECCC

  • #48ECCC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#48ECCC is a cyan with RGB values 72, 236, 204 and HSL 168°, 81%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#48ECCC#48ECCC
HEX#48ECCC
RGBrgb(72, 236, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.9255, 0.8
RGB percentages28.2%, 92.5%, 80%
HSLhsl(168.3, 81.2%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 69.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK69.5%, 0%, 13.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,779,212
CSS custom property--colour: #48ECCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.15:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#B71333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3DECBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDCDCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00EFE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.7Aquamarine · ΔE 10.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5Aqua · ΔE 18.6Cyan · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC4868
Analogous#48EC7A, #48BAEC
Triadic#CC48EC, #ECCC48
Split complementary#EC48BA, #EC7A48
Tetradic#7A48EC, #EC4868, #BAEC48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D3FAF3
Lighter +20%#A4F6E6
Lighter +10%#76F1D9
Darker −10%#1AE7BF
Darker −20%#13BB9A
Darker −30%#0F8C74
Darker −40%#0A5E4E
More saturated +25%#35FFD8
Less saturated −25%#61D3BD

Channel breakdown

R72
G236
B204
Red72 (28.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue168.29°
Saturation (HSL)81.19%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G EC · B CC

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